Megan POV

I want to protect my daughter.

I need to protect my daughter.

But I can’t just sit here and watch as her father gets slaughtered, either. That’s not protecting her. That’d only be ensuring she’d grow up without a father, and I don’t want that for her. I have to be able to save them both.

I leap out of hiding, determined to save my whole family. I will protect my entire family. Things can’t end like this. That’s not how love stories go.

My claws lash out at the attacker’s face as I knock right into him, saving Kael from that last blow.

The part of my...